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This list of Kansas reptiles includes the snakes, turtles and lizards found in the US state of Kansas. Turtles. Kansas is home to 15 species of turtles. [1]
The District of Columbia lacks a state reptile although it does have an official tree, flower, bird, [92] fish, [93] amphipod, [94] and bat, [95] and an amphibian is under consideration. [96] None of the organized territories of the United States have state reptiles, although all four have designated official flowers. [97] [98] [99] [100]
Kansas state tree: Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) 1937 [13] [14] Kansas state song "Home on the Range" 1947 [15] [16] Kansas state animal: American buffalo (Bison americanus) 1955 [17] Kansas state insect: Honeybee: 1976 [18] [19] Kansas state reptile: Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) 1986 [20] [21] Kansas state soil: Harney silt loam: 1990 ...
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It is the state reptile of Kansas [4] and Nebraska. [5] It is currently listed as threatened in Illinois [6] and is of concern and protected in six Midwestern states (Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wisconsin). [7]
Common box turtles are official state reptiles of three U.S. states. North Carolina and Tennessee honor the eastern box turtle, [14] [15] [16] Kansas adopted the ornate box turtle in 1986. [17] [18] In Pennsylvania, the eastern box turtle made it through one house of the legislature, but failed to win final naming in 2009. [19]
Kansas state insect: western honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) Kansas state mammal: American bison (Bison bison) Kansas state motto: Ad astra per aspera (Latin for To the stars through difficulties) Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State; Kansas state reptile: ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) Kansas state seal: Great Seal of the ...
Box turtles are official state reptiles of five U.S. states. North Carolina and Tennessee honor the eastern box turtle. [24] [25] [26] Missouri names the three-toed box turtle. [27] Kansas and Nebraska honor the ornate box turtle. [28] [29]